Man shot during home invasion near Uptown

1of3A man was shot at his home on Beverly Hill Street in Uptown during an attempted robbery, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018.Photo: Metro Video

2of3A man was shot at his home on Beverly Hill Street in Uptown during an attempted robbery, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018.Photo: Metro Video

3of3A man was shot at his home on Beverly Hill Street in Uptown during an attempted robbery, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018.Photo: Metro Video

A man was wounded in a shootout after men broke into his apartment near Uptown on Thursday night, police said.

Police arrived at the apartment in the 5400 block of Beverly Hill, near Richmond Avenue, around 9:15 p.m. The front door was kicked open, and the victim wasn’t home, said Lt. Larry Crowson of the Houston Police Department.

The officers got word from Bellaire police that the homeowner was in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the rear, Crowson said.

The homeowner told police that he grabbed his gun after several men busted into his home, sparking a shootout. It’s unknown whether any of the suspects were hit.

Samantha Ketterer is a reporter on the Houston Chronicle’s breaking news team. She joined the staff in 2018 after covering tourism and Galveston City Hall for The Galveston County Daily News.

Samantha graduated from the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism, where she started her reporting career working for The Daily Texan. She later interned for the Houston Chronicle’s metro desk and Austin bureau and was a reporting fellow for the Dallas Morning News’ state bureau.